Legal Opinion

Overton v. Fields

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided December 20, 1960No. 12006PublishedCited by 102 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Haymond, Judge:

This action of trespass on the case was instituted in the Circuit Court of Wood County in 1958. The plaintiff, Clement L. Overton, seeks to recover from the defendant, Jack L. Fields, for permanent personal injuries caused by the alleged negligence of the defendant in a wreck of a 1957 Ford two door sedan automobile owned and operated by the defendant in which the plaintiff was a guest passenger about ten o’clock on Saturday morning, April 6,1957. The plaintiff and the defendant were seriously injured and the wife of the defendant was killed when the automobile, after being…

2Cases cited44 opinions

  1. Yuncke v. WelkerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1945
  2. Webb v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1939
  3. Starcher v. South Penn Oil Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1918
  4. Wilson v. EdwardsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1953
  5. Cato v. SillingWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1952

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3Cited by102 opinions

  1. Morgan v. PriceWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1966
  2. Board of Education v. Zando, Martin & Milstead, Inc.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1990
  3. Wilt v. BurackerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1994
  4. Walker v. Monongahela Power CompanyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1963
  5. Jordan v. BeroWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1974

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